Last Friday was Olivia’s first birthday.
We started the day at Gramma’s, then visited Rose at the Post Office. Ava had a great time there–she mailed a package to herself and learned the inner workings of the U.S. postal system.
We joined Dad and Grandpa for a game of Phase 10 and a bit of Husker pre-game prep.
Olivia managed to wear herself out early in the day. Rooting for the Huskers is hard work.
At this point in the trip, Ava asked if she could take a photo using our camera. Since it had been more than a year since she broke our last digital camera, I decided the request was reasonable.
It was not.
I’ve managed to pull together photos from the rest of trip thanks to Mom, Gramma (photo at top) and the camera Katie confiscated from one of her students. (I cannot, however, figure out how to charge said camera, so really it’s been a week since I’ve shot anything at all.)
So, while I don’t have photos, I can tell you that Doug and Karyl joined us at Gramma and Grampa’s to cheer the Huskers to victory and engage in some serious party prep.
I’ll post photos from the party tomorrow!
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Posted by Laura on December 4, 2008 at 10:32 pm
Looks like fun! And it sounds like the Husker game was well worth the watch–wish Josh and I could have been there.
I can’t believe Ava spoiled Dad’s quest to make the blog!
Posted by Double L on December 5, 2008 at 9:44 am
What are we all going to do with out our daily Smith family fix?! (I mean that in all honesty.)
Posted by smithfamilyweblog on December 5, 2008 at 10:17 am
Bryan has been insisting that he can fix it, and this morning I handed it over to him. He said, I’m going to have to take this apart. (He said that once about the washing machine, and despite my reservations, that worked out pretty well.)
When he turned it on, it worked perfectly! Maybe it just needed a few days of rest.
Bry says he fixed it—it still counts.